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.ew -w w wAUAW LAST EEITIGII 4:00 P. II Weather Forecast: SHOWKIJS. lli -i ' DISPATCHE3 VOL. XVII. NO. 74. ASHEVILLE, N .0., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 6, 1912. 3c PER COPY i f ' ft LOSS Rescue Boats Speeding ' Search of the Marooned t Near Torras Arrive ' ' ' Too Late. 1000 MORE IN PERIL WEST OF LETTSWORTH Number of Drowned Cannot Be Estimated Batchelor, La., Is Cut Off 7 by Water. New Roads, La., May Flood ref ugees reaching here today declared there had been loss of life In that part of the state inundated by the swift waters of - the - Mississippi running through a breach In tho levee at Tor ; ras. It Is known that motor boats - sent to take numerous persons from floating housetops arrived too late and ' that persons were drowned. The num ber who perished has not yet been de termined. At least 100 people remain to be rescued from the Inundated country west of Letts worth. .-, , Batchelor, La., May 6,. -The last link binding this town with the out side World by rail was severed last night, when water from the Torras crevasse swept away a long stretch of they Texas & Faclflo railroad tracks , east of here. ; Reports reach' here from adjacent territory that hundreds are marooned on housetops, v ' y Another Levee Breaks. ".: . New Orleans, May . The first , levee breach reported today occurred on the Atchafalaya river near Elba. ' The flood pouring through the new " break menaces the town of Melville. - Hundreds - remaining in this- district tire in imminent danger.- : .-. r ', Thousands of anxious' people In the flood-menaced, districts were dls 4iaertnd. ibx heavy. Jains . today. Levees are strained almost to the bursting point by the swollen Missis sippi. Throughout the night armies of workmen fought to strengthen the dikes. As the struggle to strengthen ' the embankments against the torrent wetn on, hundreds were rescued from dangerous places. TIE BATTLE DF BALLOTS IS BEElJUMlli Will Determine Whether Taft or Roosevelt Gets State Delegation. Baltimore, May 6. The Maryland primary election today will determine whether Taft or Roosevelt will cap ture the state' 1 votes at the repub lican national convention. Three can didates for the democratic nomina tion are In the field dark. Wilson and Harmon Wilson men are confi dent of winning. ' One particular feature of Mary land's primary law adds to the un certainty of the outcome. This Is the . provision for voting by county units. According to this provision, If a coun ty goes for Roosevelt, the delegates to . the state convention will be morally bound to regard the trend Indicated, . and if a majority of the counties should vote for Taft, for Instance, then the slate convention Is bound to seine rinWnte who will .be. favorable to him. Maryland has many counties and and the Interest of the various sec tions of the state are' diverse, thus rendering the results of the voting more dillicult to foretell with any de gree of certainty. The Taft and . Roosevelt managers niinonr .('dually sanguine of victory The Roosevelt people confidently de dure they will win In the primaries and will have cnouith delegates to swing the Maryland vote to tho colon! at Chicago. Governor Goldsborough former Senator Wellington and ttnum bcr of other prominent party' leaders are among tho Roosevelt supporters. His camnalan has been managed by Col. n. C. Carrlngton. a memlw the governor's stuff, who was naval officer at Baltimore during the Roose- volt administration. GREAT CHURCH PROBLEM Declare to He U:c AmcrU -anlzlug and (lirlxtiniilxliig or the Million Uf Immigrants, Minneapolis. Minn.. May . The Americanising and Cr.rlHtlenlr.lng or ml'linni rnmliiit into this country from various parts of the world Is one of tiin church's great problems today, ac - cr.rciing lo a report of the home mis - lon and church extension board, un do to the general conference of thajurent Indtixtrliil Interstate corpora M. thodlxt KphHMipal church this , Hons . wo should have a law akin to miming. The report stntes: "One-1 the prinont Interstate Commerce lew h ilf rr tho people of the I'nlted Slates 1 but without the mlschevlou inter ni-'i foroiun p-ctitagi. Thirty-three , state commerce court, if the I. ! -i chk- of the union are) "Mr. Taft ihs 1 criticize bicauno more l :i t .n' nun."- I (Coiilimn.il on ugo four.) OF LIFE ENDS FLOOD IROOSEVELTTERMS TAFT ft FALSIFIER Declares His L Charges Are False and His Conduct Is Dishonorable. Oyster Bay, May 6. In a statement Issued here last night by Col. Roose velt in reply to President Taft's speech In Baltimore, the colonel asserts that Mr. Taft knew he was making an un true statement when he said that the former president expressed the opin ion that the anti-trust law ougln to be repealed. Ho also again contra dicts the president in regard to the "harvester trust" case, saying that at a cabinet meeting and in private con versation with him Mr. Tuft "repeat- dly and emphatically Indorsed the course actually taken." ' : Col. . Roosevelt's statement follows: "With Mr. Taft's personal opinion about me I have no concern beyond pointing out the sufficiently obvious fact that he never discovered that I was dangerous to the people until I had been obliged to come out as a candidate against him. "Hut his specific statements as to the trusts, the crookedness in selcct- ng delegates and the Lorlmer ind ent I shall once again, answer and shall" answer all questions as I an swered them specifically' in Massachu setts, and ulthough Mr. Taft's repeti tion of them now is Incompatible with sincerity of purpose or conviction on his part. . '' . .: ' .1 Knew Harvester Trust Facts. Mr. Taft know all the facts about the harvester trust in the beginning, and he 'Was present at a cabinet meeting where they were all discuss ed,, and at the cabinet meeting and lso In private conversation with me. he repeatedly and emphatically ap proved tne course "actually taKen just as he repeatedly and emphatically ap proved the course-, taken as regards the coal and iron companies. He was absent from, the country when Mr. Smith was reporting .to me and. con sulting -with''. Mrl liehirpnrter'but alter his return in January the matter came up again and It appeared that Mr. Bonaparte had not understood that my judgment was that the course ad vocated by Mr. Smith was the proper one to follow. , , ' 'Accordingly thlB matter was gone over at length In the cabinet meet ing. Mr. Bonaparte . was the only member who was Inclined to believe that the suits should be continued without regard to Mr. Smith's Inves tigations. Mr. Taft emphatically took the opposite ground; and it is utterly impossible that he should now have forgotten that he did this, as a mem ber of my cabinet, and take the op posite ground. Calls Taft's Conduct Dishonorable. "Of course, as a member of my cab inet, whom at that time I was sup porting for the presidency,- he knew, and could not avoid knowing, every thing -of any Importance, that went on. it is impossible to reconcile nis present position with any standard of honorable conduct, whether we ac cept the view that he then approved what he believed to be wrong or whether we accept the only, alterna tive, which Is that he now denies what he cannot possibly help remem bering. Moreover he has been presi dent for three years; every document was In - his possession throughout these three years and is right now, so that his three years' delay Is In excusable. '' - I saw Mr. Perkins In regard to this matter and saw Mr. Morgan at time of beginning the Northern Securities suit and as I saw representatives of the Standard Oil trust at the time of heirlnnlng the suits against that cor ijorntion and Just as in the cose or every largo suit I saw any pany in t crested who asked to appear oeiore me. I believed then and believe now that the course urged by Mr. Smith was the only one to tuke. While it was not necessary for me to and while as a matter of fact I did not make up mv mind as to whether Mr. smitn was correct In hlB belief as to what the Investigation would show, It was mv clear duty to follow his rocom mondntlon and nave mm mane me InvAHtliratlon before any suit was un rli.rtaken. Mr. Taft, not once merely, hut Birnln and again expressed his complete acquiescence In this view, A to thp Anil-Trust iw. "Mr. Taft says I have changed my mind about the anti-trust law. He ..n knows thut the position I tako now Is precisely the position I took again and again In speeches and In mnxi e to conirress while I was president. He whs then In my cabl net and repeatedly expressed his up nrovnl of whut I thus said. "Mr. Taft says I have said that the nntl-trust law ought to le repealed Mr. Taft well knows that this Is not true. I have always explicitly stated that It ought to be kept on the books and rea Iv enforced, not. merely nom inally enforced n ha !eon done by Mr. Taft In the Htiimtnra mi nna m- imcco trust ruses, against an iruma iiu ltv of anil-social practices, h,uve saM snd now ', that iiy imeu lthe anti-trust law will never soie me 1 problem of dealing with the great corporations and that to control ino Tilil'lCKEQ; VETERMJS D!E Three Instantly Killed and Others Are Injured When Cars Go Through. , Trestle. ACCIDENT OCCURS NEAR HATTIESBURG Special Was Being Operated " From Texas to the Re- union at Macon, Georgia. New Orleans, May 6.- Four traln- met and three passengers were- killed and a number of passengers ; were hurt when the first section of a spec ial train carrying confederate veterans from Texas to the Macon reunion was wrecked this - morning on the New Orleans , and. ; Northeastern ailroa.d near Hattlesburg, Miss. The engine and five coach' ' were derailed and turned over. . The dead passengerB are supposedly confederate veterans. Engineer W. A. Woods and his negro fireman were killed and two other railroad employes riding on the en gltio. were. killed. .: The ,train was running 30 miles an hour When the engine left the track, carrying with it a day coach( chair car and three tourist sleepers through o trestle. ' . IN SESSlflfiFOR TERM Court Was Organized This Morning and Grand Jury i : Was Charged. The May term of the United States District court convened here thla morning for a two weeks' term for the trial of -civil 'ana criminal cases. Judge James E. Boyd presiding. The ourt was organized, the grand Jury selected and J. A. Brown appointed uairman. When the court conven ed Judge Boyd found his desk adorn ed by a beautiful bouquet of red and white roses, presented by Mies Eliza beth Murphy. ' i ' The following men were chosen to serve on the grand Jury for the pres ent term: J. A. Drown, foreman; J. W. Cathey, J. M. Mease. M. I Colo- man, W. S. Frtce, sr., Aiirea jjucaeii, Tom Wheeler, A. J. Blck, M. D. Kins- land, A. J. Keener, W, 8. B. Green. J. C. McOrai ken, " G. F. Gillespie, Stanhope Ledford Morgan Smith, A. S. Melton, Joseph A. Crawford, Gwyn Edwards and J. A. Maxwell. After the selection - of the Jury, Judge Boyd delivered a-concise and eloquent charge. The general laws with which the Jurors will have to deal were briefly but completely can vassed by Judge Bo:d, and he point ed out the necessity for the enforce- ment of these as each la passed for snsclflo . purpose in coniervlng : the resources of the peoplt. ' He pointed out, too, the necessity for stopping crime In its Inclplency, advancing a Irong argument that crime grows on n. man and Is not Inherited. This led him to a discussion of the home life and he said that the real duty of a Juryman or any other cltlren Is to see that his children are raised with the proper . care. After this charge was delivered the turt took recess until 3 o'clock this rternoon. GIBLE "- 5TEUIEH . UIH1 D1ITQ IN IT I u lu in ni i Body of Charles M. Hays of Canadian Pacific Among Those Found. Halifax. May . The cable steamer Minlu. which relieved' the Muekny- Hennett In the work of searching for tho Tltanlc'i dead, returned to port this morning with Hags ut half most. The Mlnla mot heavy weather during her trip and covered a large area. The bodies found were widely separated. The hist two picked up were 43 miles apart ' The Mlnla wired every passing steamer daily inquiring for bodies. Among the bodies brought In was that of Charles M. Hayes, vice presi dent of the Grand Trunk Railway. The railroad's officials took chnrge of ithe body and It was taken home on a special train. Reports Americans Safe. Washington, May 8. The state de partment todny received a dispatch from Claude K. fluyant. aboard the I'.tifonl, staling that ' Americans are afc at Mazatlan and lllu conditions there arc Uan'iuiL T TO DEATH; OLD FEUD CAUSE Story of . Killing of Baxter s Shelton by Champ Briggs ' Comes From Madison. , :. y . .i ..... W, S. Rice of Madison county was in Asheville today and told of a hom icide, that occurred on Laurel In No. 2 township Saturday afternoon In which "CAarap" Briggs shot and almost In stantly, killed Baxter Shelton. Mr. Rice stated that the killing was the result of an old drudge about politics; that the two men had met to talk the matter over when the . trouble .oc curred." .'' According to his statement Shelton had handed his pistol to Briggs to show that he meant no harm. Then, he staled, Briggs began firing at a man named Gilbert, who was with Shelton; Gilbert ran and then Briggs turned the pistol bn Shelton shooting him In. "the chest and neck. Both men . were: prominent in the section; !vThey were men or property and each had a store. It Is said ; Unit Briggs. made no at tempt to t'capo .und is now In Jaif at Marshall.;., - . , i ' , SLEPTAT SWITCH Southern . Sent' a Doctor to Craggy, Thinking Meyers Must Need Him. Dr. G. D. Gardner received a call on the long distance telephone this morning about 2:30 o'clock from the chief dispatcher of the Knoxvllle di vision of the Southern ruilway, tell ing him to go Bt once to Craggy sta tion and see what was the matter with the operator there, going on to say that they hkd been'unuhle to raise him since 10 o'clock last night? that one train had passed without instruc tions and that tho lino was rather dlHornanlKerl. - - "-- Dr. Gawrh0riffijr.'ttk W'WbpmVuV ed at once and when , he 'arrived at tho station had sorne ' difficulty In arousing anyone. Finally he made the operator, Fred Meyers,, hear him. He asked the young man' what had been the matter with him and was told that Meyers had only been asleep, Ho told Dr. Gardner thnt he had lost .deep the day before. It seems Mint he worked at night ann for some rea son had nrr nlejt .my the day before, While the operator was asleep, the doctor stated, freight No. 74, third section, stopped for instruction but could not get any response. FEAR A MASSACRE Hundreds of Chinese in Mexico Im , plorc Permission to Entpr' Unit- -ed States During Revolution. Washington, May. 6.-SeveraI hun dred Chinese fleeing from the dis turbed zone in the state of Coahulla, Mexico, are appealing to the United States government for ' a temporary asylum In this country, .Terror stricken by the memory- of the Chi nese massacre of the last revolution, the Chinese are pouring. Ihto Pledras Negras, opposite Eagle Pass, Tex. Their urgent request for permission to cross the border reached Washing ton today. Washington Democratic Convention. Walla Walla, Wash., May . Tho democratic state convention assembled here today. Supporters of Champ Clark and Woodrow Wilson both claim control. , - ; SO RET POUNDER Saw Girl Shot as Floyd Allen Aimed Gun at Her Witness Believes Defendant's Juror Testifies That When , ' ' Into Fireproof Safe Wythevlllo, Va., May With near ly 100 , witnesses to be heard, Floyd Allen's trial for murder entered upon Its fourth day. Tho commonwealth probably will not rest Its case until near tho snd of the week. Klxty-flve names are on the witness list of the prosecution, and of those inly It have been heard. The commonwealth con tinued Its effort to show that the Allen gang conspired to "shoot up tho court and shoot down tho law" at Hlllsvllle last March. When the trial was resumed the prosecution placed on tho stand M. C. White, a member of the Jury which found Floyd Allen guilty. White de clared he saw Floyd and Claude Al lien hold a whispered conversation Just before the shooting occurred. When the shooting began, White dropped to his hands unit knes and crawled out of th court room to the clerk'a offlca adjoining. Thoroughly terrified. White Jumped Into a fireproof vault In the clerk'a room and remained there until the firing ceaned. He declared he did not see the shooting. F. II. Fa dd Is, who Was In th ITIItn Mllu courtroom suld lie stark-d for the THEGHAYHDST HI Veterans, Their Sons and Grandsons, and Daughters of the Confederacy Gath er by Thousands. GEN. C. IRVINE WALKER HAS TWO OPPONENTS Gens. Your u and Van Sandt Will Be Nominated for Commanders Walker's Friends Working. Macon, Ga.,' May 6. Veterans of the confederacy, sons and grandsons of warriors, and Daughters of the Confederacy numbering 10,000 ar rived today for the annual reunion of United Confederate veterans and as sociated v organizations tomorrow. Eight special trains came this morn ing, Borne from far western states, and railroad agencies report many more special trains are on the way. Dele gations are coming from as far north as Kansas and Missouri and from west as far as. California. The largest del egation will come from Texas, mostly because San Antonio is the leading candidate for next year's reunion. Other cities which want the reunion in 1913 are Chattanooga and Jackson ville. ;y . The Southern Confederate Memorial association,, an organization of worn en aiming to erect monuments throughout the south, convened this afternoon-. Tonight the Sons of Vet erans assemble in the auditorium at Camp Gordon. Camp Gordon, the place of the reunion, comprises 10, 000 tents loaned by the government, and will accommodate fully .15,000 veterans In addttion to the national guard troops of Alabama and .Georgia and several companies of boy scouts. VkwMiw &re -t--wfk 4h the interest of Commander-in-Chief .C. Irvln Walker of Charleston for re-election and for General Bennett IT. Young of Louisville, Ky commanding the army of Tennessee, General Van Sandt of Texas, commanding the trans-Missls- 8ippl department, also will be nomi nated for commander. THE SPRINGTIME LYRICS ARE COMING IN ME1 For Each Stanza Accepted and Published The Gazette News Will Pay 50 Cts. Quite a number of verses were re ceived today In, answer to the request for rhymes for the Springtime Lyric Contest. The Gazette-News wishes everybody to try for the prize money offered. For each verse accepted and published The Gazette-News will pay 63 cents. Write as many as you wish to for any firm or place of business in Ashc- ville.. By consulting the business dl rectory you will find every place of business listed. Rhymes on them all and as many on each firm as possible. Bring or send your verse to the Springtime Lyric Contest Manager. i s Bullet Killed Miss Ayres-r Firing Began He Crawled Conspiracy Charges. , loor when the shooting began. Just is he reached the entrance he saw Miss Nancy Ayres. one of the wltneasc ho testified In behalf of Floyd Allen fall from a shot. Ho looked back Illicitly and saw Floyd with a pistol In his hand leveled In the girls' direction. C, C. Cain, another witness of the tragedy, who received two bulle wounds, told of tho shooting. He was put through a severe cross-examina tion by the defense. 1 The Allen Jury went to church yes tcrday and on returning to their room in the court house held a aong ser vice. The hearty voices of the stalwart countrymen blended In th harmony of an old hymn, "Aro You Heady for tha Judgment Day?" across the court house green. Floyd Allen, the prisoner on trial first of tha gang which shot up the Carroll county court In March heard the song. Allen's mental strain and the physi cal agony ho has endured from nis broken tog,-which was Improperly set, ha muds him a sorry pllicht. He Is now little like the rugged mountain eer who, once spread fesr over a ooun irysido, , CLAIM CONTROL OF COMMITTEE COURTS MAY BAR olicy Holders Are Dissatisfied With Plan for Proposed Consolidation. Gazette-News Bureau, - The Hotel Raleigh, . Raleigh, May 6. That the merger of the Jefferson Standard and Greensboro Life Insur- nce companies, as agreed on Satur day night, will not be accomplished without a legal battle was made evi dent today when James H. Pou, a trge policyholder, addressed an open letter to the Jefferson Standard saying he and other policy-holders would fight the merger. A report that the merged companies would withdraw 375,000 return, it to the stockholders und leave the policy holders depend- nt- on the legal reserve Is what inter ests policyholders most. ' In Raleigh there is keen disappoint ment over the merger. The Jefferson Standard expends in this city at least 50,000 annually. Speaking of the proposed merger Mr. Pou said there was no' law for it if attempted as the matter had been represented to him. ARCHBALD INQUIRY House of Representatives Wants to Know Whether Judge Accept ed Favors From Railroads. Washington, May 6. The house of representatives Saturday by unani mous vote ordered an investigation of the conduct of Judge Robert W. Archbald, of the Commerce court, to determine whether or not he should be Impeached on charges that he has used his office to procure favors from railroads: The Inquiry will be made by the committee on the Judiciary, which Is charged by resolution to ln vestigate whether Judge Archbald Has been guilty of an Impeachable offenge," and to report its conclusions and' recommendations to the house. One of the specific allegations made awvlnst Jwd ens-AchHirfV, 1s aatt,'"hr that he was Interested in the pro posed purchase of some coal lands owned by a coal. company controlled by the Erie railway. It is asserted that these piles of refuse coal were to be bought for a ' comparatively small sum and sold at a profit of $25,- 000 to $40,000, of which, it is charged. Judge Archbald would receive one- third as his share. PRIMARIES ARE HELD IN SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia, S. C, May 6. Conven tions to select delegates to the demo cratic state convention on May 15 were held today In every county in the state. Declarations of presiden tial and gubernatorial preferences were features. It was expected that Governor Wilson would be endorsed. Practically no campaign was made for any other candidate. Governor Cole L. Blease and Judge Ira B. Jones are contestants for the governorship. ARE TAKING EVIDENCE IN STEEL TRUST CASE New York,, May 6. The taking of testimony In the suit to dissolve' the United States Steel corporation com menced today and will continue prob ably twn months. Hearing also will be held In other cities. J TEXAS IN DOUBT Neither a Republican Nor s Demo cratic Candidate Yet Sure of , Victory In Conventions. Dallas, Tex., May 6. Texas pre cinct conventions Saturday, both re publican and democratic, did not give a sure victory to any candidate of either party. Woodrow Wilson, on the face of the returns, apparently has a majority In the county conven lions tomorrow. The returns are In complete. Mlslwipii Primary Tuesday. Jackson, Miss., May 6. Democrats of Mississippi Tuesday will express their choice for presidential candidate elect delegates to the national conven tion at Baltimore ad select a national committeeman at a state wide primary election ordered by the state legisla tive committee of the party. Only two of the candidate for the presi dency have arranged to have their names printed on th primary ticket, Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama and Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey. The voter may scratch both names and write in that of any other candidate. Only white democrat will participate Italian Murderer Fxrcuted. Osslnlng, N. Y., May . Ralvatore Candldo, an Italian laborer, was ex ecuted In Sing Sing today for the murder of Reginald F. Bulla In. Octo ber, 1110. Balls was a stone plant superintendent. Ho discharged Can dido and Candldo struck Halls with i pier-, of pipe, fi. tally Injuring htm. IVniilvanla Dcmoo-alle. .Contention. llnrrlsburg, May 6. Both the Outhrle and Bitter factions of the Pennsylvania democracy claim con trol of he state convention tomor row, . UACEM RGEB Believe They Will Be Able to Unseat Many Taft Delegates. SAY TAFT FIGURES ARE NOT IMPARTIAL National Committee Has Pow er to Shape Convention . and May Use It for Roosevelt. New York, May S. Col: Roosevelt's managers say they expect to control the republican national committee. . This has an important bearing on the ' question of " Roosevelt's nomination. It has been generally overlooked, how ever, in counting delegates, as is seen in the tables Issued by- the various headquarters. One table, emanating from the Taft headquarters In Wash- 1 -InEton and showimr a ereat nrenon- derancei of instructed delegates for Taft, has been described as consisting of "impartial figures." Taft's foes say the figures are not Impartial. The Taft figures, however accurate they may be, are founded on the as sumption that tne Tatt organization will be able to control the national committee. Col. Roosevelt's managers insist that this is a decidedly shaky, assumption. ' ' . "We shall go to Chicago with a majority in the national committee," said the head campaigner at Roosevelt headquarters here yesterday. "As far back as a month ago the Taft people conceded us 18 out of the 53 members. Since then the' big overtures in Wis consin, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Massa chusetts, and other states have come along. You can't believe that the na- -tional committeemen from those states are going to Chicago, with a strong Roosevelt delegation behind them, ami vote the way the Taft people want -them to vote." . -v.-. The significance of all this Is that th national ommittejactlcaHydp- cide8 who shall sit in the convention.. The Taft tables are based on the as sumption that none of the eontested - Tuft delegations w ill be thrown out. If th? national cor.imittee Is controlled by the colonel, such contested Taft delegations, it appears, will be ousted, unless they promise to be good. The national commltte, consisting of one member from each state and ter ritory and appoint a committee on cre dentials, to decide all contests. Thla committee will raw up a temporary roll of the convention. When the con tlon meets, it will name another com- mitte on credentials to reconr.ldcr any contests on which any one may want a review. In will be seen, remork tho Roosevelt majority, declares the con tests in such a way as to make the convention strongly Rooseveltlan, they say, the Taft people might as well go home. J. K. BOONE One of Waynesville's Most Respected Cttliens Died Yesterday Morning. Special to The Gazette-Newa. Wayiienvllle, May . J. K. Boone, one of Waynesville's most respeciea citizens, died yesterday morning at 3 o'clock at his home here. His death came rather unexpected and was a shock to his large number of friends here and In the entire section. The deceased was 83 years old. . -' ' Mr. Boone was at one time clerk of the Superior court for Haywood county, and held the position for eighteen years. ? He was also super lntendent of the Methodist Sunday, school here for twenty-flVe years, and was an ardent church worker. He was a member of the Masonic lodge. A wife and large family of children survive. All the children except one, Mrs. C. L, Dickson, of Durham, re side In Waynosvllle. Mrs. Dickson ar rived here this morning to attend the funeral services. The funeral services were conduct ed this morning at 11 o'clock from tha Method 1st church. Rev. M. 8. Moore, pastor of the church, offi ciated. Soiiologlcal Congress o Meet. Nashville. Tenn., May . Between 700 and 800 delegates from 16 sc'ith ern state are expected to arrive In Nashvlllo Tuesday morning to attend the first annual convention of the Southern Sociological oongress, which will be held Tuesday night. Delegates from the various schools and college of tho city will attend In bodies. Tho principal speech of the evening will be made by John O. Wooley. Sec f'Anal meetings Will be held each afternoon of the congross for the study of special social problema. The de partments are child welfare, charity organization, public health and hous ing, tuberculosis, adult dependents and delinquents, ments! defectives, temperance, negro prohibit!, church and social ervlce. tha Taft Touring Ohio. Athena, O., May f. President today toured ftootliern fihlo li raca for the republican ,r,-ll-nomination. Prcal.li-nt T.iM m-, Xawinvllli., liniifl'Ti, ! i kti-i llcottin, Taft the ml -I Roosevelt Leaders
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